Hack #05: AI in Space | Liquid AI x DPhi Space
AI in Space Hackathon
Ultra-efficient AI beyond the clouds
Liquid AI and DPhi Space are inviting builders, researchers, and space enthusiasts to join a global online hackathon exploring what happens when AI meets satellite intelligence.
What if satellites came equipped with onboard compute, allowing AI models to run directly in orbit instead of back on the ground? This is what this hackathon is all about. AI in space.
Over the course of the hackathon, participants will build creative applications using satellite imagery, vision models, and space data to solve real-world challenges and unlock new possibilities for Earth observation.
Whether you're interested in space tech, AI models, computer vision, or experimental builds, this is an opportunity to collaborate with developers around the world and push the boundaries of what AI can do beyond the cloud.
The hackathon is fully online and open to participants around the world.
Tracks
The hackathon runs across two tracks.
The Liquid Track is for projects built with Liquid AI's LFM2-VL and LFM2.5-VL vision-language models, where fine-tuning on domain-specific satellite data is strongly encouraged.
The General AI Track is open to any AI approach, with preference for solutions designed around the realities of space-based compute: limited downlink, continuous data streams, and on-board inference.
Judging
All submissions are judged on four criteria:
Use of satellite imagery from the DPhi API
Innovation and problem-solution fit
Technical implementation (your app must run without debugging), and
Demo where you walk through your solution end-to-end.
Prizes
Liquid Track winner: Credits for software execution in space worth around $15,000 + $5,000 cash
General Track winner: Credits for software execution in space worth around $15,000
For the full breakdown of judging criteria, weights, and detailed descriptions for each track prizes, see the Judging Criteria and Prizes document.
Join the Community
All hackathon discussion, Q&A, and updates will happen in the Liquid AI Discord Server. Whether you're
looking for teammates
have technical questions about LFM2-VL, or
want to share what you're building
this is where it all comes together.
Join today and head to the hackathon channel #ai-in-space-hackathon
See you in orbit!